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Jingy
Social climber
Flatland, Ca
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Sep 11, 2009 - 03:23pm PT
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good luck Kingsbury.....
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Bazo
Boulder climber
Ky
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Sep 11, 2009 - 03:28pm PT
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My old friend Joel went on the patch so's he didn't have ta' wake up in the middle of the night to light up...
Talk about addicted....
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Jim Wilcox
Boulder climber
Santa Barbara
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Sep 11, 2009 - 03:48pm PT
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The scary time will be in about 3 weeks. You'll start hacking alot. It's all the stuff breaking free in your lungs. Great.
You sure get sick alot less , even minor colds, with quitting.
Good luck and stay committed-it's worth it.
I quit almost 7 years ago. Used the patch to crutch my way through the first 6 weeks.
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hooblie
climber
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Sep 11, 2009 - 04:02pm PT
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rooting for you. it will be a proud send. that image works though.
do they still make those candy cigs with the painted red ember? approved for use on the USNF,
though rolled up in your sleeve they turn to stubbies when the armbar is deployed
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nutjob
climber
Berkeley, CA
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Sep 11, 2009 - 04:14pm PT
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Good luck Pat.
Prod, I like the spirit of the thing. But enforcement?
I seem to recall a movie with a cat on an electrified metal grid and a company called "Quitters Inc." or something like that.
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Prod
Trad climber
A place w/o Avitars apparently
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Sep 11, 2009 - 05:37pm PT
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Nutjob,
Gotta live by the code for that one, Pat certainly does, I think. I honestly had a ciggy in my fingers more than once and thought "$800 f*#k that".
The movie was "The Twlight Zone Movie"... I think?
Prod.
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nutjob
climber
Berkeley, CA
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Sep 11, 2009 - 05:44pm PT
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I think yer right about the movie Prod.
On a related topic... any good stories from our ER workers regarding "the patch" overdoes?
Like, anyone come in with 50 patches on their body screaming and then drop into convulsions? Seems like a funny trick gone awry when someone passes out at a party.
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Mike Friedrichs
Sport climber
City of Salt
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Sep 11, 2009 - 05:53pm PT
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Good luck Pat. Having watched my grandfather, my father, and some day my brother die from emphysema, I can tell you it is not very pleasant. You're making a good move and I applaud you.
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FeelioBabar
climber
Sneaking up behind you...
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Sep 11, 2009 - 05:57pm PT
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Good Luck!
If the patch doesn't work...look into Chantix...worked like a charm for me...and a bunch of folks I know.
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Gilwad
climber
Frozen In Somewhere
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Sep 11, 2009 - 05:57pm PT
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Four months and counting. Don't use the patch, gum, etc., all you end up doing is being addicted to the nicotine in that.... Gum is expensive, and you'll just end up back on the dip or cigs. when you run out gum. Trust me on this, ten years of gum chewing along with a lot of cans of dip while supposedly "quitting." No nicotine since May 15th.
One minute at a time, good luck with it! Cravings pass, they really do, you just have to keep it together for a few minutes and you'll be OK.
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Ricky D
Trad climber
Sierra Westside
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Sep 11, 2009 - 07:07pm PT
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We do - it's called Duct Tape.
Apply liberally across the lips and problem solved.
By the way, if you wear a fresh nicotine patch and slam a Camel unfiltered - you will see god.
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TKingsbury
Trad climber
MT
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Sep 11, 2009 - 07:33pm PT
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Crush it brotherman!
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WandaFuca
Gym climber
A survey where 68% preferred this Fuca over others
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Sep 11, 2009 - 07:36pm PT
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I don't smoke, but all the talk of wild dreams makes me want to go out and buy a box of patches.
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Prod
Trad climber
A place w/o Avitars apparently
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Sep 11, 2009 - 07:44pm PT
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Ever see the simpsons wher Krusty is usung Nicotine patches to quit smoking? He comes out on stage completely covered in patches declaring I think there is some room on my butt for another one....
Prod.
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MisterE
Trad climber
Canoga Bark! CA
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Sep 11, 2009 - 07:52pm PT
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I was just thinking about the "My name is Earl" episode where he ruins some guys life by putting him in jail for something Earl did. His mom is mad and demands "those years lost with my son" back. Earl then kidnaps her and they spend a week locked in a hotel room together quitting (so SHE will get extra time to be with her son). One of the scenes shows them looking for a blank part of skin to apply yet another patch on each other, another lighting candy cigarettes...
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Ray-J
Social climber
east L.A. vato...
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Sep 11, 2009 - 08:23pm PT
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Good luck.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Sep 11, 2009 - 09:04pm PT
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Chasbro, Barrybro, and our Mom, gave it up. And they aren't, cummulitively, the offwidth climber* you are. Mom's dad, (my gramps I never met, ) and her sister ( barrybro is too young to even remember her) died from emphysema.
This is a good day to quit smoking!
* they don't have near the tolerance for pain that you do.
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Sep 11, 2009 - 09:07pm PT
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A moment's levity. How does the Nicotine Transdermal System compare to the Tahquitz Decimal System?
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Sep 11, 2009 - 09:12pm PT
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Depends, one group or the other are probably wussies. What was the first ascent of valhalla by nicotine virgins?
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Largo
Sport climber
The Big Wide Open Face
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Sep 12, 2009 - 01:02am PT
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I weaned myself off the hacks by chewing Copenhagen, which over several years became ten times the nic habbit of the cigs. When I went off the chew, I did so sans patches and it felt like I was on LSD for like a week. That was well over a year ago and I never have cravings anymore. But nic is one badass burden so best of luck on the hardest send there is, addiction wise. Just stay with the tough bits and you'll make it fine.
JL
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